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Darkbreeze
Good luck. Keep in mind, as I said, if you use the T4 cooler with your hardware and overclock to any significant degree, you WILL have thermal issues. Additionally, as mentioned, there's no reason to limit yourself to 1600mhz modules unless you already have them or a one dollar difference is a factor.
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ykki

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What about the case?


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper T4 70.0 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler ($23.32 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.24 @ Directron)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($329.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro (OEM) (64-bit) ($120.08 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Acer G227HQLbi 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($119.99 @ Micro Center)
Other: NZXT Phantom 410 ($89.99)
Total: $1202.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-21 22:47 EST-0500


The seasonic psu is cheaper but is of very high quality and will suit your needs well.
 
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Darkbreeze

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To start with, that's about the worst Z97 board you can get. I'd definitely go with another model, ESPECIALLY if you have plans to overclock an unlocked Haswell CPU. It's ok for the unlocked Pentium, but has poor qualities when used with the i5 or i7 if you're overclocking. It's just plain bad overall.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2383187/motherboard-tier-list-z97-chipset.html

You DON'T need a PRO version of windows unless you're in a corporate environment.

The NEX series units from EVGA are not among their best offerings. While I generally recommend EVGA, I don't recommend those over some competing in the same price range that are better tiered and offer better quality.

This would be a much better option:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($30.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($136.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.24 @ Directron)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($358.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.99 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: Acer G227HQLbi 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($119.99 @ Micro Center)
Other: NZXT Phantom 410 ($89.99)
Total: $1237.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-21 22:58 EST-0500





 
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Darkbreeze

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The NZXT Phantom 410 is listed right there at the bottom of his build.

Problems with your build as well. You don't use the Hyper T4 to overclock a Haswell refresh chip. It will NEVER withstand the TDP of the 4690k when overclocked.

The SLI board isn't much better than the one he had picked out. It's better, but not much.

And you both had 1600mhz RAM included. Haswell and Haswell refresh chips benefit from faster RAM unlike older Sandy and Ivy bridge chips. DDR3-2133mhz would even be better, and the gaming and synthetic benchmarks hold this to be true with Refresh chips, but are also more expensive which is why I included 1866mhz. Also, the 1866mhz was cheaper than even the 1600mhz.
 
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ykki

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With an ssd
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper T4 70.0 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler ($23.32 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($62.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.24 @ Directron)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($329.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Orange ATX Mid Tower Case ($67.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.99 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: Acer G227HQLbi 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($119.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $1214.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-21 23:08 EST-0500
 
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Darkbreeze

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Good luck. Keep in mind, as I said, if you use the T4 cooler with your hardware and overclock to any significant degree, you WILL have thermal issues. Additionally, as mentioned, there's no reason to limit yourself to 1600mhz modules unless you already have them or a one dollar difference is a factor.
 
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